Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 - SECT 26

             (1)  The Attorney‑General or an authorised officer may, by signed writing, certify that specified foreign material was obtained as a result of a request made to a foreign country by or on behalf of the Attorney‑General.

             (2)  It is presumed (unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt is adduced to the contrary) that the foreign material specified in the certificate was obtained as a result of that request.

             (3)  In this section:

"authorised officer" means a person:

                     (a)  who is an SES employee or acting SES employee in the Attorney‑General's Department; and

                     (b)  whom the Attorney‑General has, by notice published in the Gazette , appointed as an authorised officer.